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Lama Zopa Rinpoche Recites the Holy Name of Buddha Rinchen Tsugtor Chen to Support the Dying
In a teaching titled “Sentient Beings Come before God and Mantras to Benefit Others,” part of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s COVID-19 Crisis Teachings, Rinpoche discussed the benefits of reciting the holy name of Buddha Rinchen Tsugtor Chen. Lama Zopa Rinpoche has ... Read more »
The Very Beginning Dharma Is Giving Up the Attachment Clinging to This Life
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins this teaching discussing how to make life most beneficial, useful, and easy—particularly to other sentient beings. Even if we are ... Read more »
If We Had Been Careful of Karma, There Would Be No Reason for the Virus to Happen
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. This video begins with a brief biography of Khensur Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup, the former abbot of Kopan Monastery in Nepal, who arrived at Kopan ... Read more »
The Time to Practice Dharma Is Now: Find Videos and Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the Coronavirus Pandemic in a New Page
Now is the time to practice Dharma! This is what Lama Zopa Rinpoche is stressing during the COVID-19 crisis. In regular video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal, Rinpoche offers a consistent message that we can use these difficult times ... Read more »
Update from Europe During the Pandemic
Paloma Fernandez, FPMT Europe Regional Coordinator, shares updates from Europe. At this challenging time all over the world, with most of the centers, projects, and services, in Europe closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the centers saw that this is ... Read more »
If You Don’t Remember Impermanence-Death, Your Life Becomes a Trip
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. This video beings with Ven. Thubten Kunkhen of Kopan Monastery giving a short biography of the great yogi Geshe Lama Konchog. Lama Zopa Rinpoche ... Read more »
Coronavirus Leaves Us No Choice But to Develop Compassion and 80,000 Eons of Benefit for Making Charity
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins his teaching discussing how many people have died around the world from the coronavirus. This is because life is in ... Read more »
Update from FPMT South East Asia During the Pandemic
Selina Foong, FPMT South East Asia regional coordinator, shares an update from the FPMT centers, projects, and services in Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, and Taiwan. There are movement control and lockdown procedures in place to varying degrees throughout our ... Read more »
All the Problems in the World, Including the Coronavirus, Are Telling Us to Practice Dharma
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. This video begins with Losang Namgyal Rinpoche sharing some thoughts about this difficult time due to the coronavirus. He suggests we not only need ... Read more »
FPMT Latin America and North America Share an Update During the Pandemic
FPMT Latin America regional coordinator Mauricio Roa and FPMT North America regional coordinator Drolkar McCallum share how the centers in their regions are adjusting while their locations are closed and people are advised or required to stay at home. Brazil ... Read more »
If You Want to Guide and Help Others, Exchange Yourself with Others
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. This video begins with another practical example from a young Kopan monk about how we can transform everyday activities into bodhichitta mindfulness. While cutting ... Read more »